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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5726/1510068
Farida Al Balushi, Issa Al Salmi, Abdel Masiah Metry, Mohammed Abdalla Yousef and Suad Hannawi
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: December 20, 2018
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory disease that has various manifestations among different populations. This study aims to provide an overview of medical pharmacological management that SLE population received immediately at time of diagnosis. This is a retrospective analysis using patients’ registry medical information system. All patients diagnosed with SLE were reviewed by accessing their medical records including pharmacy prescription and dispersions at the Royal ...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5726/1510067
Rheumatologic Diseases as Paraneoplastic Syndromes - A Paradigmatic Case
Ines Rego de Figueiredo, Rita Vieira Alves, Sara Guerreiro Castro, Filipa Lourenco, Ana Margarida Antunes, Heidi Gruner and Antonio Panarra
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: October 15, 2018
Rheumatic diseases can be a paraneoplastic syndrome for an occult neoplasia. Some syndromes are more characteristic than others. In this case report, we present a patient with musculoskeletal symptoms suggestive of both carcinomatous arthritis and polymyalgia rheumatica that was shown to have adenocarcinoma of the lung. The musculoskeletal symptoms accompanied the course of the disease, disappearing with the treatment and re-occurring when it relapsed. We present a 63-year-old male, native from ...
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